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Witchy Pretty Cure! - Official Illustration

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THE JP HALLOWEEN EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ONE????!??!?!,?,,,$?'XM IM SHAKINC ITS MY FACOEITE HALLOWEEN MOVIE

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Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! Characters as Mobians

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Cures:

Mirai Asahina/Cure Miracle - Blonde Horse/Bright Blonde Pegasus

Riko Izayoi/Cure Magical - Dark Purple Unicorn

Ha-chan/Kotoha Hanami/Cure Felice - Pink Pony/Pink Unicorn/Light Pink Alicorn

She is later revealed to be the reincarnation and successor of Mother RaPaPa

Faires:

Mofurun/Cure Mofurun - Teddy Bear Cure Spirit/Auburn Bear

Mofurun is a toy teddy bear Mirai received from her grandmother, Kanoko when she was a little girl

When Mirai and Riko became Cures, Mofurun gained the ability to talk

Magical Allies:

Kouchou - Light Blue Unicorn

Is the headmaster of Magic School from Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!.

He is known as the great magician of the Magic World.

Cathy/Magic Crystal - Crystal Ball

Is a crystal ball.

She is owned by the headmaster of Magic School.

Mother RaPaPa - White Alicorn

Eldest of the Siblings next to Vanessa

Goddess of Magic and Nature

Is a divine being who used to watch over the world in Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! in ancient times and granted a golden age of happiness, and also the creator of Magic.

Before disappearing, Mother RaPaPa has sealed Deusmast, who threatened the peace of the world, into the sun. She would later reincarnate into her own successor Cure Felice.

Villians:

Deusmast

Deusmast is a god-like being whose intention is to unleash chaos upon the worlds.

It is also the creator of Magic.

Labut - Orange Deer Genie

He is a sly genie and one of Deusmast's retainers.

He was sealed in a gold lamp and is responsible for bringing Yamoh back to life.

Shakince - Dark Green Crow Tengu

Shakince is a monster who is awakened from a stone statue.

He is a follower of Deusmast, the never-ending chaos.

Benigyo - Pink Demon

Benigyo is a monster who is awakened from clay like earthenware.

She is a follower of Deusmast, the never-ending chaos.

Orba - Light Blonde with a Neon Blue Gradient Fallen Angel

Orba is a loyal follower of Never Ending Chaos.

Dokurokushe/Kushe - Skeleton Unicorn (broken horn)/Dark Grey Unicorn

The wizard of darkness who seeks the "Linkle Stone Emerald" to plunge the world into darkness.

He is a wizard shrouded in mystery.

It is revealed that Dokurokushe is, in fact, Kushe, someone who used to be a professor at Magic School.

He became Dokurokushe when he experimented with too much Dark Magic.

Yamoh - Geko/Dragon (Final Form)

Dokurokushe's second in command.

He is in charge of leading the Dark Magician Trio.

He is a clairvoyant and fiercely loyal towards Dokurokushe.

Batty - Bat

A Mobianoid bat underling created by Dokurokushe.

He encounters the Pretty Cure when he searches for the Linkle Stone Emerald.

Sparda - Spider

Another underling created by Dokurokushe.

She is a Mobianoid spider person.

Gamettsu - Turtle

One of Dokurokushe's created underlings who is a Mobianoid turtle soldier.

Family:

Daikichi Asahina - Brown Horse

Miria’s father.

He lives in the No Magic World.

Kyoko Asahina - Horse

Miria’s mother.

She owns the Power Stone shop.

She lives in the No Magic World.

Kanoko Yuki - Orange Horse

Miria’s grandmother.

A young Kanoko met Kouchou after he rescued a cat stuck in a tree.

She lives in the No Magic World.

Lian - Indigo Pegasus

Riko’s father.

A famous archaeologist in the Magic World.

He lives in the Magic World.

Lilia - Blue Unicorn

Riko’s mother.

A professional chef in the Magic World and has her own cooking show in the No Magic World.

She lives in the Magic World.

Liz - Indigo Pegasus

Riko’s older sister.

A student teacher at the Magic School.

She lives in the Magic World.

Supporting People:

Kana Katsuki - Dark Purple Cougar

Is one of the students who attend Tsunagi First Middle School.

She is in the same class as Asahina Mirai and Izayoi Riko.

She lives in the No Magic World.

Mayumi Nagase - Light Brown Reindeer

Is one of the students who attend Tsunagi First Middle School.

She is in the same class as Asahina Mirai and Izayoi Riko.

She lives in the No Magic World.

Souta Ono - Brown Jaguar

He is one of the students who attend Tsunagi First Middle School.

He has been going to school with Asahina Mirai since primary school.

He lives in the No Magic World.

Takagi-sensei - Brown Chimpanzee

A math teacher at Tsunagi First Middle School, and also the homeroom teacher of Asahina Mirai, Izayoi Riko and Hanami Kotoha.

He lives in the No Magic World.

Jun - Blue Dragon

She is one of the students who attends the Magic School.

She is somewhat tomboyish and confident yet she has had poor attendance.

Along with Emily and Kay, she is friends with Mirai, Riko, Kotoha.

She lives in the Magic World.

Emily - Blonde Unicorn

She is one of the students who attends the Magic School.

She is very easily scared and is said by Kyoto to have failed her broom flying test.

Along with Kay and Jun, she is friends with Mirai, Riko, Kotoha.

She lives in the Magic World.

Kay - Orange Phoenix

She is one of the students who attends the Magic School.

She comes to class late and is often left behind as well, but she has an easygoing personality.

Along with Jun and Emily, she is friends with Mirai, Riko, Kotoha.

She lives in the Magic World.

Kyoto - Auburn Three Tailed Fox

The vice principal of the Magic School who is much stricter than Kouchou.

She lives in the Magic World.

Isaac-sensei - White Jackalope

Is an elderly teacher in charge of teaching the tutoring classes at Magic School.

He lives in the Magic World.

François - Lilac Spider Fairy

The owner of the clothes shops in Magic World.

He is a busybody and having trained in fashion in the No Magic World, he is quite the expert in it.

He lives in the Magic World.

Gustav - Dark Yellow Werehog

The owner of the broom shop in Magic World.

He lives in the Magic World.

Toad - Brown Griffin

The owner of the fruit and vegetable shop in Magic World.

He lives in the Magic World.

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Can’t believe I haven’t posted these here yet! Spalda, Benigyo and Shakince are villains from Mahou Tsukai Precure while Calentier is the villain of Mahou Tsukai’s action musical live show.

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Hope your enjoying Mahoutsukai Precure its a rough but enjoyable series. And arguably has a brilliant film. After Healin Good whats your next planned series?

Well I just finished the final episode yesterday, and I felt this last third was really good, though still a little flawed at times.

There’s a good balance of episodes in both worlds, which does help one of my earlier complaints that there wasn’t enough time spent in the Magic World.

We also meet Riko’s parents, Lian (who I thought was a reincarnated Dokurokushe, so that’s on me) and Lilia (voiced by Junko Iwao of Cardcaptor Sakura fame), who are pretty enjoyable characters who contrast, as Lien is more stoic while Lilia is far more emotional, showing what Riko got her personality from.

It’s also really satisfying to see Jun, Emily, and Kei’s subtle development in other episodes. I like how earlier on, Emily was afraid to fly on a broom, but by Episode 38, she’s a far more skilled flyer, and how Kei went from someone who constantly forgot everything to someone who made it a habit to write everything down and become more attentive, and how Jun went from a lazy bum who had no motivation to come to class to someone with more of an interest in fashion in the No-Magic World. It’s subtle, but I like how the writers took the time to develop these side characters. Part of me wonders if they were meant to be part of the team originally, but the idea was scrapped with how much focus she got.

There’s also some really clever worldbuilding and foreshadowing. There are two episodes focusing on some crop shortages, but it turns out both of them are connected to the villains, and are a hint things are going to go south. We also learn that Haa-chan is actually meant to be the successor to Mother Rapapa, essentially the goddess of magic, giving her more focus and more of a role in the endgame, which was good, because I was worried the Emerald would get shelved in favor of the Rainbow Carriage.

The new villain faction Labut was a part is called Never Ending Chaos, a group of otherworldly beings who try to revive their master, Deusmast, an eldritch god who seeks to drown the world in chaos, and unfortunately, Maxwell Smart is nowhere to be seen.

The main villains themselves are alright, as they’re characters with more fantasy elements as opposed to anthropomorphic animal servants, but like the Dark Magicians, don’t really get a lot of development or screentime.

Shakince is a tengu who... uh... is stoic? Yeah, like Stop and Freeze, he really doesn’t get a lot of personality, and he gets killed in an episode focusing on another character with a connection to a different villain entirely.

Benigyo is a demon who has a little more sass, but much like Sparda, she doesn’t really get a lot of standout moments.

The only member of this faction who is actually an interesting character is Orba, an cold and calculating angel who actually kicked off the events of the series by scattering the hints to dark magic all over the world, and even brought back the Dark Magicians for a couple episodes.

Even though their screentime was short, I loved how their personalities had drastically changed. While Gamettsu was opposed to fighting again after dying a glorious death against Miracle and Magical, he was more interested in fighting Felice because she got her powers from the Emerald. Batty was more depressed at the loss of his master, so he didn’t really want to do much until he was the only one left (and he ended up helping the team towards the end), so Sparda of all people had to take charge, and showed a lot more personality and leadership skills she really needed earlier in the series. I really wish these guys got more screentime after their revivals, and played more of a part in the final battle. It was still nice to see Batty enroll at the Magical Academy though at the end. Good for you, magical man bat.

Another semi-villain is Chikurun, a bee fairy who was blackmailed by Orba into serving Never Ending Chaos after being caught slacking off on the job and acted as a spy to gain information on Team Mahoutskai, but grew to like them, and eventually betrayed his masters. Yeah, that’s right. It’s entirely possible to write a selfish bee-themed character and give them a redemption arc. The writers didn’t just condemn him to eternal suffering or write him off as a lost cause, and neither do the Cures.

Deusmast himself is just an awesome villain, and is my favorite of the four main villains of the four seasons I’ve seen conceptually. Rather than give him a stereotypical gravely or deep voice, he actually speaks through Labut, Shakince, Benigyo, and Orba because they’re all actually extensions of him, a really clever twist that I didn’t see coming. Even his design is just so inhuman compared to Dune, Darknest, or Dyspear, towering the Earth itself which adds to the scare factor

While the final battle with Deusmast is relatively short (clocking in at around five minutes), it’s clear the more powerful conflict is Mirai having to say goodbye to Riko and Haa-chan. Deusmast pulls a Star Butterfly and blends the worlds together, so defeating him would essentially separate them, leading to an emotional goodbye scene. There’s a lot of drama in this scene and excellent performances and animation in what happened, arguably more powerful than Hikaru saying goodbye to Lala. Admittedly, the reunion five years later was a little confusing (as well as them all aging back to thirteen year old girls for some reason, but given Haa-chan essentially became God, I’m guessing she did it), but it was still a satisfying finale.

The final episode is more of an epilogue where they fight one last monster and meet up with the next Cure, Ichika/Cure Whip, who seems pretty fun with how energetic her baking skills are, even though I’m pretty sure she’s doing this without supervision, much less a vendor’s license. Maybe I’ll check out her show later on.

I had a lot more problems with this show than the last three, and I think it’s my least favorite of the four I’ve seen so far, but I still thought it was a fun watch.

As for my next series after Healin’ Good Precure, I might check out either Fresh or Hugtto, as I’ve heard good things about them. Hopefully Healin’ Good will be less like Kamen Rider Zero-One and more like Mashin Sentai Kiramager with COVID screwing up the production.

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Precure Daily Halloween Special 2019

Episodes: SPC 37, HaCha 37, GPP Movie, MPC 38-39, KKPC 37, HUG 38, STPC 37 Dates watched: 30-31 October 2019 Original air dates: Sunday in October 1-2 weeks before Halloween, 2011 & 2016-2018, and the Saturday of Halloween, 2015

Is that little girl in the witch hat dressed as Akko from Little Witch Academia in a nod to her seiyuu, Han Megumi, playing Hime or is this just a coincidence? These are the questions that keep me up at night.

You may remember the PCD Christmas Special I did last year, where I watched every Precure Christmas episode and compared them to each other, charting the common elements and evolution in how they handle the subject. Well, I really love Halloween, but for a while, Japan didn’t celebrate it. It only started to catch on in the late 2000s and into the 2010s, and so despite several episodes of Precure airing on or near Halloween night over the years, the first time it was brought up in the franchise wasn’t until 2011′s Suite Precure. You can read more about how it became acceptable to celebrate and the ways in which the Japanese people enjoy themselves in this article, but the important takeaways are that Halloween events are more about food and festivities, and trick-or-treating is a highly organized activity, no going door-to-door.

At this point in the shows, all extra heroines have been introduced and the team is usually on the cusp of acquiring a new powerup. The villains have suffered significant losses and are preparing to pull out some form of trump card (this will facilitate the team getting their new attack). Typically, the monster of the week will be made from a Jack O’Lantern or some other Halloween decoration. In more recent years there’s been a tendency to explain what Halloween is about, but they don’t always do this. The biggest draw of a Halloween episode, though, in my opinion, is getting to see the characters in costumes. I’m going to briefly run down each Halloween episode (or movie) and then compare common elements at the end.

Note: At the time of writing, I am about 6 episodes behind in Star Twinkle Precure, did not wish to skip ahead for the purposes of this article, and didn’t have the time to catch up. I will add my thoughts on STPC 38 at a later date, and I will announce when I have done this via a reblog to @pcd-status​. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Star Twinkle section added 12 Nov. 2019

Suite Precure 37 - “Wakuwaku! Everyone Transforms for Halloween!” Original air date: 30 October 2011

With Mephisto freed of his brainwashing, Falsetto takes charge of Trio the Minor and leads an attack on the girls. Ako has decided to stay in the human world, and the older girls take her to a Halloween celebration to brighten her spirits. Ako isn’t really enjoying herself, but some younger kids rope her into playing with them and that brightens her up. When Trio the Minor turn a pumpkin into a Negatone, they try to perform a new attack with Crescendo Tone: Precure Suite Session Ensemble Crescendo, but it falls apart, so Ako uses her invidual attacks while the older trio uses their group finisher. At the end, Falsetto sings an incomplete Melody of Sorrow to speed up Noise’s revival.

Costumes and references: Hibiki is dressed as a pirate, but specifically she resembles a genderbent Captain Marvelous, the red ranger from the contemporary Sentai series Gokaiger. Kanade is dressed as a pumpkin witch. Ellen is dressed as a black cat, an allusion to her true form, and Ako is a dressed as a princess, which she is. (not digging very deep for this)

HappinessCharge Precure 37 - “Big Bang, Defeated! An Unbelievably Strong Enemy Appears!” Original air date: 19 October 2014

Oresky, Namakelder, and Hosshiwa are all feeling weakened after taking the Happiness Big Bang attack, so Queen Mirage concludes they may not be useful to her anymore and prepares her next agent. Meanwhile in Pikarigaoka, Megumi encourages Blue to join them at the town’s Halloween festival, and he agrees. They all begin to share pumpkin cakes with each other, a local tradition. Seiji shares his with Megumi, Megumi eagerly shares hers with Blue, and the other girls look on from a distance as they recognize the love triangle unfolding in front of them. Oresky appears, trying to ruin the Halloween festival that makes people happy and attempting to prove his worth. He really wants to be the number one general in the Phantom Empire, as he feels that if he’s not first, he’s worthless and he doesn’t want to be replaced. The girls transform, and begin to persuade him that there’s enjoyment to be had in fun things, and it’s okay if you’re not first. They hit him with Happiness Big Bang and it begins to purify him, when suddenly an attack interrupts it. As the smoke clears, their new opponent is revealed to be a corrupted Cure Tender, Iona’s missing older sister.

Costumes and references: Megumi is wearing a Halloween-themed dress, orange with jack-o-lanterns on it. Hime is dressed as a princess, which much like with Ako, seems kind of low-effort since she’s an actual princess. Yuuko is dressed as a witch, and Iona is a fortune teller. Also, Blue is dressed as a vampire.

Go! Princess Precure: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature Original release date: 31 October 2015

The Princess movie was experimental, being made of three shorter films: a chibi short with no dialog, a 50-minute traditional feature, and a 20-minute all CG adventure. The film leaned hard on its Halloween theming, with Pumpkins and Halloween being prominent motifs in all three parts. I’ll break them down individually.

Cure Flora and the Mysterious Mirror

This is a cute sketch where Cure Flora finds a fancy crown, puts it on, and accidentally startles some mischievous sprites on the other side of what she thinks is a mirror. They have the ability to transform, so they take on her appearance and mirror her, but they forget to duplicate the crown and eventually they begin to compete with the real Flora, doing tricks. She accidentally breaks the crown, so the sprites decide to transform into a special pumpkin outfit for her, just as the other girls come in. The 5-minute short uses a super deformed art style with all CG animation and has no dialog.

Costumes and references: Cure Flora’s pumpkin dress and hat.

The Pumpkin Kingdom’s Treasure

Haruka, Minami, Kirara, and Towa are transported to the wondrous Pumpkin Kingdom, where the royal chancellor Warp is hosting a Princess Contest to find a princess for the kingdom. Towa, being well-versed in evil schemes, smells a rat and is on edge. Haruka finds the true princess of the kingdom, Pumpururu, who is locked away, and learns that the Pumpkin King and Queen are under Warp’s control. Minami, Kirara, and Towa each win their rounds in the contest, but the former two are captured while Towa is able to avoid capture. Haruka participates, even managing to snap the monarchs out of the control. She transforms, frees the others from their capture, and Warp transforms to a giant monster. Pumpururu, the sprites, and the Precures’ strong feelings summon Halloween Dress Up Keys that the girls use to defeat Warp and save the Pumpkin Kingdom.

Costumes and references: The girls get special outfits to wear for the Princess Contest (not halloween themed), as well as Mode Elegant Halloween dresses that feature pumpkin flowers on them.

Precure and Leffy’s Wonder Night!

This is an episode-length feature using the CG animation style from the dance endings. Haruka discovers a doll on her desk, when she’s suddenly transported to the Pumpkingdom, already transformed, and the doll is now a girl named Leffy. Leffy tells the cures they need to defeat Night Pumpkin, who has taken over Pumpkingdom and stolen the daylight from them, making it always night. What follows is essentially an ongoing chase through the city to the top, where they fight and defeat Night Pumpkin and restore daylight to Pumpkingdom. Haruka is then transported back to her room, and the Leffy doll is gone. It’s worth noting that Leffy appeared as Pumpururu’s doll in the previous portion. The connection to this section of the film is unclear. Also, Minami, Kirara, and Towa do not appear in their civilian forms at all.

Costumes and references: Leffy isn’t overtly pumpkin themed, and nobody else gets any special forms in this one. However, there is a glorious moment where Flora accidentally bonks Night Pumpkin on the head.

a proud Precure tradition

Maho Girls Precure 38 - “Is it Sweet or Not? The Magic Pumpkin Festival!” Original air date: 23 October 2016

This isn’t explicitly a Halloween episode, because the Magic World doesn’t celebrate Halloween, but they have fall traditions that involve pumpkins and sweets so it counts. Their tradition is to chase a Pumpkin Bird that appears every year. It shoots candy from its mouth, and if it hits someone, they turn into a giant piece of candy. If you capture it, you get a special prize. One of the villains brings up the actually valid point that the creature may not like being chased and that’s why it runs, but Mofurun talks to it and finds out it just has a cavity. The girls transform into Topaz Style to fight Shakince in a creatively silly battle. When they beat him, Mofurun gets the credit for “capturing” the Pumpkin Bird and so she gets presented with its prize, which turns out to be a seed that grows into a tree which sprouts toothbrushes. I am not making that up.

Costumes and references: Mofurun gets a special orange and yellow dress to wear when she receives the prize but it’s never shown in closeup from the front. Also, there is a cameo appearance by Watanabe Mayu, who sings the insert song for the Maho Girls Movie that was in theaters around this time, and also served as the ending theme for episodes 38 and 39 (only on the TV version, on home release they use “Magic a la Domo”). She makes a special appearance as herself. Even better, in a flashback, she’s seen beside giant statues of Mipple and Mepple.

Maho Girls Precure 39 - “This is Halloween! Everyone, Smile!” Original air date: 30 October 2016

The girls from magic school come to visit the non-magic world and learn about Halloween! But Jun, Kay, and Emily have to be reminded, even when things seem bad, to not use magic to help out. The students of the non-magic world are running a crepe stand and the magic world students decide to chip in, and after being scolded for using their powers, they learn how to do things the old-fashioned way and appreciate the value of hard work. In the middle of all of this, Ha-chan changes costumes almost every scene. Benigyo is extremely confused by all the Halloween festivities and doesn’t understand what the girls want when they tell her to stop ruining it. They never do give her a proper explanation, but she summons a Donyokubaaru that blows air and the girls have to transform to Sapphire form to fight it off. There’s a small plot point about Mirai’s grandmother recognizing the magic school Headmaster from her own youth. At the end of the episode, it’s implied that Liko’s father has made a big breakthrough about relations between the magic and non-magic worlds, and more ancient powers. Kind of a disjointed episode.

Costumes and references: Mirai is dressed as Mofurun, Liko is dressed as a cat in an orange and purple dress, Mofurun is dressed as Cure Miracle, Chikurun is dressed as a bunny, and Ha-chan is dressed as:

an alicorn

a sarcophagus

a mummy

a sphinx

a UFO

and a thunder god (Raijin)

And just a cool thing I noticed, the final stage for the ending dance was updated with a Halloween theme. I’m really curious why, since they replaced the ending with “The Right Way to Use Magic” in the initial television broadcast of this episode, and I don’t think the Halloween version was seen in any previous or subsequent episodes.

Kirakira Precure a la Mode 37 - “Salut! Ciel is Going Back to France!?” Original air date: 22 October 2017

Ciel’s old boss, Madame Solaine, finds her and tries to get her to come back to Paris and work for her there, feeling that Ciel’s talent is wasted in this small town. Not wanting to admit that she initially came searching for her brother, and that she’s got responsibilities as a Precure, she tries to demonstrate what she likes about Ichigozaoka. Everybody is worried that Ciel is going to leave, and even lowkey encouraging her to do what’s best for her career, but she wants to stay. Ultimately she wins Madame Solaine over with a dish inspired by Ichika’s cooking style. Elisio is the antagonist of this episode but I honestly found the battle to be completely irrelevant. The most notable point for the villains is that Grave makes some kind of discovery at the end of the episode.

Costumes and references: Their costumes here are modifications to their patisserie uniforms. Ichika is a jack o’lantern, Himari is an angel, Aoi is a devil, Yukari is a cat (of course), Akira is a vampire, and Ciel is a witch.

HUGtto! Precure 38 - “Charged with Happiness! Happy Halloween!” Original air date: 28 October 2018

Hagukumi town is going to be hosting a Halloween Party, with Papple’s business providing food and entertainment. Daigan is tasked with food prep, but he gets frustrated with a very delicate task, and a visit from Bishin has him questioning his loyalties. The girls are ready to hit the town, and have even prepared costumes for Harry and Hugtan. They made a lot of costumes for Hugtan, in fact, but Ruru detects that she doesn’t really like any of them, so they ask her what she wants to be, and she responds “Pwecyua!” They set to work making her a Precure costume in short order, but an Oshimaida attack secretly requested by Daigan threatens the party. The girls transform and make a show of it to keep people’s spirits high, finishing the monster off with Cheerful Attack. Papple knows that Daigan was responsible and chides him for defecting, even momentarily, and informs him that everybody loved his food. Up at Beauty Harry, the girls finish Hugtan’s costume and show her to Harry, who briefly has a flash of Cure Tomorrow.

Costumes and references: Hana is a witch, Saaya is a lolita devil, Homare is a cowgirl, Emiru and Ruru are pirates, Harry is a werewolf (because he’s.... hairy, IDK if that was the joke), and Hugtan is dressed as Cure Yell. Foreshadowing ahoy!

Star☆Twinkle Precure 37 - “Cryptids Will Win! The Halloween Costume Contest” Original air date: 21 October 2019

Mihoshi Town is having a Halloween costume contest with prizes for best group, so everybody brings their A-game. Except Yuni, she takes the chance to walk around in her true Rainbownian form. Everybody is having fun and the girls get to explain Halloween to Yuni and Lala. Unfortunately, Kappard is hanging around, reminiscing about what happened to his planet, and he doesn’t like the festivities. Everyone thinks he’s just dressed as a sexy kappa and they want pictures with him, which annoys him even more, so he steals one arguing couple’s imagination and goes on the attack. In an effort to guide him away from all the people and hide their identities, when the girls transform, they claim to be the Mihoshi Stars and do a full Sentai roll call, finally settling the debate over Milky and Cosmo’s color designations. (I was probably one of the last people to maintain that Milky was blue by this point, tbh) They lead him away from the festivities and then try to talk him down, but all he can say is he doesn’t believe different species can live in harmony, that Lala and Yuni are living a lie by celebrating Earth customs, and he doesn’t understand this holiday at all, so they defeat him and return to the festival. Elena wins prizes as part of two different groups, but Kappard is declared the overall winner. Too bad he’s MIA. This episode doesn’t do much for the plot, but it does give a little backstory to Kappard, as we see that his planet got destroyed by a non-native species monopolizing all of their natural resources. Considering what we see of Eyewan and Tenjou in the next few episodes, it’s possible we’re aiming to redeem the villains. Hard to tell with an ongoing show.

Costumes and references: Hikaru is a yeti, Lala is a tsuchinoko, Madoka is a cat, Elena is a flower (with her family) and a cat (with Madoka and Yuni), Yuni is herself, Fuwa is a sheep I guess, and Prunce is the Michelin Man (TELL ME I’M WRONG).

Analysis

Halloween episodes, unlike Christmas episodes, don’t have as much of a running theme. Halloween is more of a dressing than an opportunity to explore feelings. The placement of these episodes in the series means that things are usually starting to ramp up, but none of them features a major conflict. In a few episodes, the fight with the villains felt downright inconsequential, while it was more meaningful in others. There was a trend in more recent years to explain the origins of Halloween, as a gathering of spirits, but otherwise there aren’t as many identifiable patterns or shifts in patterns as there were in the Christmas episodes, it’s mostly been “this is Halloween, have fun.” The Go Princess movie had the opportunity to make the most of their halloween theme, but instead they just focused on pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins without really diving into what makes Halloween as a holiday special or significant. It’s an alright movie but it’s a sour note on an excellent series that knew what it was doing. HappinessCharge probably utilized Halloween the best as a setting, using some Halloween traditions to create romantic tension, and I appreciated Maho Girls’s attempt to create a Halloween-ish fall holiday for a fictional culture, and then also bringing those people in to explore our Halloween. Since it’s a newer holiday for Precure to work with, only getting regular exposure since 2014, we might see them figure out more ways to spin Halloween in the future. Honestly I hope so, and I’ll be here to write about it for you.

Happy Halloween, everybody, and look forward to more Yes 5 coming soon. Hopefully I’ll finish that by the end of the year. Hopefully. (yeah not likely)

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Rafe: I do love working here, we just have a load of laughs

*cuts to Rafe angrily striding through a room of workers*

Rafe: FUCK OFF JANET, I'M NOT GOING TO YOUR FUCKING BABY SHOWER

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everyone in the stream got mad at me for calling shakince weed man but that’s what he is

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LITERALLY HAVE NO CHILL RIGHT NOW I AM SHAKINC

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ONE MINUTE GUYSS DOKXLDOF EN IM SHAKINC SONCDKFO

[karmatechfiction]

Sailor Magicians of Deusmast Galaxy

Little idea that same to me when Deusmast became a galaxy, instead of killed off. What if the four general orbs became planets and each general became a guardian of that planet? Since Toei owns Sailor Moon, it wouldn’t be too far fetch for Sailor Soldiers to also exist in the Precure World. Least I can picture Sailor Scouts ending up in the Precure Universe, somehow. So here are the four generals as Sailor Guardians. 

I even gave them civilian names as if they were reborn on earth or the Magic World and have their original names be the names of the planets they guard in the Deusmast Galaxy.

Sailor Orba (Leader of the Deusmast Soldiers)

Civilian name: Marino Nunzio (Name Origin: Italian; “Marino” means “Sailor of the sea” and “Nunzio” means “messenger”)

Element: Water and ice

Sailor of: Intuition and Intelligence

Personality/Bio: Kind and a little shy. He’s the glue that holds everyone together, since he’s the most reasonable. He’s confident but does have moments of insecurity from time to time. Marino/Orba can be very strict as a fighter but very calm and can be a little snarky sometimes. Naturally he’s the brainy one of the bunch and can usually be found reading a good book when relaxing.

Trivia: I picked Orba as a leader naturally because he’s the most intelligent and the most developed of the four Deusmast generals. I also kinda made him slightly the crush of Benigyo, because she kinda grew on me and I think the two could have good chemistry together. I picked the name “Marino” because Orba is kinda similar to my character “Marittimo”, in both being really smart and yes, if Orba was reborn on earth, I kinda picture him to be of Italian origin, since Orba is Italian name or word. I picture Marino/Orba to be a teacher or professor of some sort and be a wizard type magician. I also added Chikurun because, again, I picture them to be good friends and Chikurun could be the mascot/familiar of them.

Sailor Benigyo (The Sexy Sailor of Passion)

Civilian name: Akasuki "Akako" Kohana (Akasuki means "fond of red" "akako" means "red" and "Kohana" "flower child")

Element: Fire (of course)

Sailor of: Passion and Love

Personality/Bio: She’s still very similar to her old self, except, not as cruel or mean of course. Akako works as a beautician mostly and fashion designer. She loves to give people advice on beauty and when she gives people a look they’re happy with, it makes her happy. She’s hot tempered a little bit but can be nurturing, especially towards Marino/Orba as she has a slight crush on him.

Trivia: Benigyo was a little bit challenging on the design part. I didn’t know what to do at first and eventually decided to make her outfit similar to power up. She’s of Japanese origin. Her sailor aura and gem is a reddish pink color. A witch type magician.

Sailor Shakince (Strongman of the Soldiers)

Civilian Name: Kamau Ziyad (Kamau "Quiet Warrior" Ziyad "To become greater")

Element: Earth

Sailor of: Strength and Improvement/Growth

Personality/Bio: Much like his original self, Kamau/Shakince is very much a muscle head. He does everything he can to become stronger physically and occasionally mentally. He’s the most strict of the bunch. Often clashing with Labut. He gets a long a little better with Orba, but often thinks that Orba should work out more than just his mind. He’s also a bit kinder than his usual self and doesn’t believe in picking in others weaker than him He has a bit more honor to him. Kamau is good in many sports but his favorite towards Javelin Throwing (which is throwing a spear like stick the farthest) and Discus Throwing. (throwing a disc in a great distance).

Trivia: A bit challenging thinking about what he would be like as a human. I looked and studied Shakince’s design and decided that he should be of African descent, since his clothing, especially in boss form is slightly similar to African culture designs. I kept his markings and colors similar to make him recognizable. Shakince is a Shaman type Magician which is why doesn’t have a Witch/Wizard hat.

Sailor Labut (Free Spirit of the Soldiers)

 Civilian Name: Jaya Dipaka (Jaya "Victorious" Dipaka "Little Lamp")

Element: Wind

Sailor of: Happiness and Luck

Personality/Bio: Very laid back and happy of the bunch. Labut/Jaya is very optimistic and hardly anything gets him down. He’s often found lazing around, eating something but enjoys cooking a lot. His favorite foods are cury and strawberry sweets such as strawberry short cake. He loves to cook because it’s something both himself and others can enjoy.

Trivia: I had a hard time imagining him as a sailor and still be, well heavy set. (That and the doll maker doesn’t have other body types. I know I could draw him fat too but...again hard to imagine him being a soldier and be like that.) I know that sounds so rude but when fighting villains, you kinda have to be fit. That’s sorta why there aren’t any soldiers in Sailor Moon or Precure that are “of different body types”. Labut in the anime only fights because he relies so much on his power in the series and being a genie, he doesn’t have to move on his legs that much. It would be a bit different story if he had to fight physically all the time. Please don’t attack me for that. I’m not trying to make fun of anyone or say anyone fat is ugly or bad. It’s just fact. Why you think there aren’t any athletes that of “different body types”? Any comments regarding this will be ignored and the person blocked. I ain’t your mama for your drama.

Anyway, Labut I made of Indian descent. He is a monk type magician (which again explains lack of the witch/wizard hat). Another thing I had trouble with was the design. I had to go back and redo it, since Labut is very plain (I mean all he wore was a red shirt and overalls), so that’s one of the reasons why Labut is a little less extravagant.

These were done in the Sailor Senshi Maker 3 but edited in the Pixlr to do things such as pants and added details such as hats and wands.

[kihocrystal]

Mahou Tsukai Precure - Final Impressions

It’s that time of year again; another Precure series has finished its run! You can find my thoughts about Mahou Tsukai Precure under the cut!

Mahou Tsukai Precure! - 7.5 - 8.0 / 10 (B-)

This season was on the weaker side (in comparison to past Precure seasons), but I still had a good time with it and found aspects that I really enjoyed~

art/animation:

Toei did a fine job overall here! everything looks very bright and colorful~

there’s also good use of highlights & sparkles, giving characters lots of shine!

I really liked the art-style in general, as I liked how the rounded eyes & fluffy hair were drawn!

Edit: I forgot about the form changes the Precure have this time around (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, and Topaz)!

I liked their implementation much better than in Happiness Charge (since they’re actually used outside of attack animations this time!)

That being said, the extra forms don’t change their style of battle *that* much

Their designs though range from cool to... weird (I’m looking at you, Topaz)

Animation-wise, it had its ups and downs (as most long-running shows do)

In other words, some episodes look great! and others have some off-models shots going on…

Action/fight scenes were also kinda lacking, since there wasn’t much fluidity in their movements

The fights in general were pretty short overall and relied a lot on stock sequences

Those stock sequences (transformations, finishers, etc.) though looked pretty good!

Every other type of scene had pretty standard animation overall (though that art style does help)

CGI is used for the endings again, which doesn’t bother me at all since it looks great!

characters:

The cast was fun overall, but the standouts are definitely the main girls & mascot!

Mirai and Riko are such a good duo! I liked seeing their bonds grow over time, plus they have a good dynamic together!

I also liked how both girls had to adapt to being in a new world! plus both girls reacted differently to their new surroundings!

Mirai was full of wonder, while Riko learned to appreciate the non-magic world (& her family!!!) over time!

Mofurun is definitely one of the best mascots Precure’s had in quite a while!

She’s just super caring, and is basically Mirai’s childhood friend brought to life! What a good idea!

Kotoha/Haa-chan is fun, super bubbly, and had her share of life lessons too! And of course, she develops a strong bond w/ Mirai and Riko too~

(she’s also a nice nod to Hana-chan from Ojamajo Doremi :P)

Plus, I love how all three Precure girls have great seiyuus behind them! Rie Takahashi, Yui Horie, and Saori Hayami! :D

The villains this season were just… okay overall.

The first half minions had some fun personalities at least! They just didn’t get to do much

Also it’s worth noting that Batty actually turned good by the end! (+ the rest came back to fight during the 2nd half too!)

Plus Dokuroxy himself being a former friend of the Headmaster was a nice touch

The second half minions weren’t that exciting either…

There is one exception to this though: Orba’s definitely the best minion of the bunch!

I just really liked how he was super analytical and scheming… he even blackmailed Chikurun into working for him

Plus his seiyuu’s performance (by Noriaki Sugiyama) really helped here too

While i’m talking about seiyuu’s, can I just mention how there’s at least *three* seiyuus from the F/SN series in this???

Kirei’s VA played Gamettsu, Tokiomi’s VA played Shakince, and Shirou’s VA played Orba! it’s like a reunion in here!

The rest of the supporting cast isn’t anything to write home about, but they were good, well, *support* to the Procure girls!

I liked how the adults got some spotlight time too! Including the headmaster, Riko’s family, and even Mirai’s grandma!

The Magic world adults even helped the Precure w/ actual plot stuff!!! I love it when shows do that!

Even the classmates from the Magic world got some focus too!

Can’t really say the same for the non-magic world classmates though (besides the girl who kept saying she saw witch stuff)

I can’t forget Chikurun either! He had a simple yet nice character arc that was good to see~

story:

The premise follows two girls from different worlds that become friends and help bridge the gap between those worlds!

Of course, there’s also the transforming and fighting evil part, as is tradition :P

The main aspect of this show that I think goes unappreciated by many is the slice-of-life aspects!

There’s some focus on world-building for both worlds, ranging from different landscapes to culture and traditions!

Just seeing how these worlds contrasted each other (and in some ways cross paths) was cool to see!

I also liked learning about the worlds’ lore, which also tied into the “fighting evil” plot!

The character stories were also one of this show’s strong suits!

Whether it was giving them good development, or simply them just having a good time, I thought it was executed quite well!

These were definitely the best source of this show’s heartwarming moments~

Honestly, I felt like this show was worth watching for this aspect alone!

As for the “fighting-evil” part of the story, this show fell a little flat in comparison to prior entries

While both halves of the show had different villains behind them, both story arcs kinda had the same problems

The plot beats themselves were fine, but its execution felt pretty basic overall

The villains not being as memorable and the two big climax fights feeling rushed didn’t help either

The story overall almost seemed more concerned w/ the “bridging the two worlds” aspect vs. the “defeating the calamity” aspect (focus on the latter aspect definitely lessened over time)

That being said, I did like certain aspects of the story (including adults being involved and the world’s lore tying into the plot)

I don’t even have a problem w/ Haa-chan being a successor to Mother Rapapa! It makes sense w/ the given foreshadowing!

Also Orba’s involvement later on improved the plot progression a bit w/ his actions (including Chikurun’s character arc)

The finale in particular irked me, though…

There was no reason they couldn’t of just made all of episode 49 the final fight, and episode 50 be the timeskip epilogue...

Instead, the final fight lasts only ~10 minutes and the actual final episode just feels like a OVA instead of a proper finale :T

that being said, the epilogue part in episode 49 *was* pretty dang good~

they even included a KiraPre cameo in episode 50… I’m not sure how I feel about this

Overall, I enjoyed my time with Mahou Tsukai Precure! It’s far from perfect, but its worldbuilding and character arcs helped bring up this show higher for me than it would’ve been otherwise. If you’re a fan of Precure or other monster-of-the-week magical girl shows, I suggest checking it out!

[nighty-amy]

Mahou Tsukai episode 48 or are you kidding me Toei?

Don't tell me that my theory from episodes ago ("To defeat Deusmast everyone in magic and no magic must hold hands because we are all friends") is going to become canon?! Jeeez! I want the season to finish already - it looks like it might be the most anti-climatic series finale ever. There is no comparison with GPP episode 48: last year we had cures forced to reveal their identities in from of their classmates, we had the Princess Rods/Scarlet Violin shattered to pieces, we had badass Yui destroying her despair cage all on her own and later freeing all other students and we had baby Shut epic entrance as he protects the cures from the blast AND PUNCHES CLOSE IN THE FACE (because he definitely deserved that one!). And what we had this year? 90% of the episode the cures were talking about important stuff. And because of that talking, two last linkle spirits entered the carriage which can only mean a new power up next week. So what, Cure Up Rapapa and poof, Deusmast is gone, worlds are connected and everyone lived happily ever after? Gimme a break!! At least save Orba, Shakince, Beningyo and Labu Toei!! Those poor guys (and girl) deserves to be safe and sound too! ESPECIALLY ORBA.

[darkershining]

Just watched episode 47 of Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure, and it’s the beginning of the end.

We start with Mirai and the others waking up to a nice sunny day in the No-Magic World, deciding to go out and do something together. Meanwhile, something else is happening in the Magic World, where it has suddenly started to snow. Kochou and Lian observe these events, Kochou concluding that Deusmast is about to appear.

After Mirai finishes her math homework, she, Riko and Kotoha head out, and meet up with their friends in the No-Magic World while they’re going around town. Kana and Mayumi are attempting to remember the magic words the Cures used, and Kotoha almost corrects them before Riko stops her. Yuuto is working on planting flowers in the flower beds, and Souta is practicing soccer.

Kochou also speculates on the Rainbow Carriage and the magic circle within it, with only two more spirits needing to enter it before the circle is complete. Kochou isn’t sure yet what will happen once it’s complete, but he suspects it might be the best hope they have to defeat Deusmast.

Mirai, Riko and Kotoha make their wishes for the new year at a shrine, wanting to stay together and work towards finding their dreams for the future. As Riko thinks about what will happen after she graduates, she brings up the question of whether she’ll still be with Mirai and Kotoha after that. Kotoha also has some concerns, due to her status as Mother Rapapa’s successor. Mirai, being her usual optimistic self, says they shouldn’t worry too much about the future just yet and basically live in the present. If nothing else, they know they’ll be together tomorrow.

Unbeknownst to them, Deusmast is starting to emerge. As the sun is completely eclipsed by Deusmast in both worlds, Benigio appears to confront the Cures, merging with the shadowy forms of Deusmast’s other followers and transforming into a badass looking giant version of herself. The girls transform, Miracle and Magical using the Sapphire forms. Fighting ensues, with Benigio seeming particularly aggressive towards Cure Felice, but they manage to take her down before she destroys the entire city. Benigio actually manages to resist the Extreme Rainbow for a bit, but of course, the Cures win, but Benigio and Deusmast’s followers survive and separate from each other.

And then Deusmast appears in person, his followers are fully restored and even Shakince, Orba and Labut return. The Linkle Smartome glows, and Cure Felice sees a vision of Mother Rapapa, before the Linkle Stones glow and the Cures are all pulled into some bright light. Or something like that. A lot was happening during that scene.

Suddenly, we see Mirai back in her bed, she and Mofurun talking about how it’s such a nice day outside like in the beginning of the episode, before Riko and Kotoha enter the room and say something has happened. Mirai looks out the window again and we see that the two worlds have apparently merged together, with parts of the Magic World having appeared in the No-Magic World. Mirai ends the episode with a very good question: “What happened?”

So... Yeah. That was quite the ending. Really excited to see how this all will turn out. Things seem oddly cheery in parts of the preview for the next episode, so is this all really happening or are the Cures in some kind of Lotus Eater Machine situation? Either way, the final battle is about to begin. Looking forward to the next episode!

[nighty-amy]

I have to say, I actually care way more about Deumast generals than about the girls. I don't freaking care what happens to them but Labu, Shakince, Beningyo and Orba must be spared (especially Orba). They all deserve to be safe, sound and happy (especially Orba)! SO YOU JUST CAN'T LET THEM DIE TOEI.  

Orba beautiful as always but that frown and the expressions of the other generals. A slight feel of regret? Oh god! Toei please! Save them as I said before! You saved the dumbass trio, you just gotta save them! I can’t stand the thought of seeing Orba die again! Especially when he’s feeling like this! 

Please Toei! Please save them!

[everythingbutmyheart]

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW MY HEART IS RACING MY HANDS AEE SHAKINC AND GORGEOUS IS STILL PLAYING ON MY SPEAKER I THINK I BURNED MY TOAST I WAS MAKING AND I WOKE UP MY DAD FROM HIS NAP SCREAMINC AND HE GOE "what did Taylor do"